Image by Chris Cameron/ETNZ.   Peter Lester has just completed two weeks of radio commentary at the Louis Vuitton Cup in Nice. A great sailor in his own right, Lester tells Sailing Talk why he thinks Azzurra won, and why politics shouldn't get in the way of great sailing events taking place...   Download the podcast from iTunes here . ...

  Image by Carlo Borlenghi. If success is all about pride and passion then it's no real surprise that the Italian Azzurra team came out as winners of the 2009 Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice this weekend. Having seen off the British Team Origin syndicate in a prolonged and heated semi final scrap, Francesco Bruni's Azzurra crew took out Dean Barker's outright favourites Emirates Team New Zealand two nil in the final.   From the off the Italians were burst...

Image by Sander van der Borch.   Whilst much of the focus for international match racing fans has been centred on Nice over the last couple of weeks, anticipation is now building for the final event of the World Match Race Tour, the iconic Monsoon Cup  which takes place next month in Malaysia. For the reigning WMRT champion, Britian's Ian Williams, this event will represent perhaps his biggest ever challenge in the march race arena. Williams currently lies th...